GETTING BETTER TOGETHER LTD 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Getting Better Together
£2,837	21/10/2023	Our project is to develop our current food initiatives that aim to provide individuals and families with support, information, skills development and access to healthy and nutritious foods.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shotts and Wishaw Friends Together - SWFT
£198,000	30/06/2022	This group will use the funding to support social inclusion through social interaction and community participation. It will particularly target those over the age of 18 years who are experiencing ....more This group will use the funding to support social inclusion through social interaction and community participation. It will particularly target those over the age of 18 years who are experiencing mental and physical health issues and who are vulnerable to isolation and loneliness through a number of linked social economic or health related factors. An Adult Support Team that includes volunteers will be responsible for developing and delivering the support to individuals and groups within the communities in the Wishaw Murdostoun and Fortissat.
National Lottery Community Fund - Grow Together Cook Together Get Better Together!
£10,000	02/02/2022	The group will use the funding to deliver a community growing programme which will support healthy eating initiatives and produce for the local community café and shop. This will have a positive ....more The group will use the funding to deliver a community growing programme which will support healthy eating initiatives and produce for the local community café and shop. This will have a positive environmental impact for the Shotts community by reducing food miles plastic waste and food waste.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Getting Better Together Ltd Family Time Project
£50,000	24/11/2021	Seeking continuation funding to sustain the posts of a full-time Development Worker and Early Years Worker who are responsible for the delivery the Family Time Project held in the Prison Visit area ....more Seeking continuation funding to sustain the posts of a full-time Development Worker and Early Years Worker who are responsible for the delivery the Family Time Project held in the Prison Visit area of HMP Shotts and to provide additional supports outside the prison environment in our hub.
Scottish Government - Getting Better Together Ltd
£20,000	13/10/2021	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting Better Together Ltd
£4,360	12/08/2021	The organisation will use the funding to purchase materials for building an Outdoors Classroom which will allow them to deliver their activities outside regardless of weather.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Getting Better Together
£20,000	28/05/2021	The Family Time Project - promoting attachment and positive child-parent relationships at HMP Shotts
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Getting Better Together Ltd
£2,900	18/02/2021	To support additional costs incurred as the delivery partner for a new bike scheme with NHS Lanarkshire, allowing key workers to access bikes. The award level of £2900, is to include £500 ....more To support additional costs incurred as the delivery partner for a new bike scheme with NHS Lanarkshire, allowing key workers to access bikes. The award level of £2900, is to include £500 transport costs for 6 months, the full £1200 for specialist tools
Scottish Government - Getting Better Together Ltd
£21,500	14/01/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Getting Better Together Ltd
£21,258	05/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting Better Together Community Cafe/Kitchen
£9,853	26/03/2020 3	This group will use this funding to upgrade their existing community kitchen and café to meet the increasing needs of the local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shotts & Wishaw Friends Together
£315,287	27/08/2019 32	This three-year award will be used to continue the group's 'Shotts and Wishaw Friends Together' befriending service which supports socially isolated older people by helping them to maintain their ....more This three-year award will be used to continue the group's 'Shotts and Wishaw Friends Together' befriending service which supports socially isolated older people by helping them to maintain their independence and to re-engage with community activities. The Service will engage with 636 people and 50 volunteers from the Wishaw and Shotts areas within North Lanarkshire.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£21,000	10/07/2019	Getting Better Together - Cycling Development Programme
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Family Time Project
£45,000	28/11/2018	GBT requires funding to sustain the posts of our full-time Development Worker and Early Years Worker who are responsible for the delivery our Family Time Project held in the Prison Visit area of HMP ....more GBT requires funding to sustain the posts of our full-time Development Worker and Early Years Worker who are responsible for the delivery our Family Time Project held in the Prison Visit area of HMP Shotts 6 days per week throughout the year including Xmas and New Year holidays.
National Lottery Community Fund - To erect a Men's Shed at Springhill Community Centre, Shotts
£10,000	04/05/2018 12	This grant will be used to purchase a facility where a Men's Shed group will be set up. The group will hold health and wellbeing activities which will help to reduce isolation among members of the ....more This grant will be used to purchase a facility where a Men's Shed group will be set up. The group will hold health and wellbeing activities which will help to reduce isolation among members of the community in Springhill, Shotts.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	14/02/2018	Getting Better Together Ltd - Cycle Development Programme
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Getting Better Together Ltd
£111,361	11/10/2016 36	This project will provide a programme of social, recreational and information-based activities for 2,170 children and young people in Shotts, North Lanarkshire. Improved health, developing new skills ....more This project will provide a programme of social, recreational and information-based activities for 2,170 children and young people in Shotts, North Lanarkshire. Improved health, developing new skills and increased physical activity will all be supported.
Robertson Trust - Getting Better Together - Youth Development Worker
£45,000	31/08/2016	Getting Better Together - Youth Development Worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Transport Service Digital Workshops - New 17 Seat Minibus
£10,000	19/04/2016 12	This group is a community centred health initiative that aims to promote the education, health and wellbeing of the local residents in North Lanarkshire through a range of activities. They will use ....more This group is a community centred health initiative that aims to promote the education, health and wellbeing of the local residents in North Lanarkshire through a range of activities. They will use the funding for a new minibus to replace the existing bus that provides a vital transport service for older people in North Lanarkshire.
Robertson Trust - The Minibus for The Community Transport Service
£10,000	29/02/2016	The Minibus for The Community Transport Service
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Workshops
£10,000	26/01/2015 12	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Shotts and Wishaw Friends Together
£512,152	25/06/2014 60	Not Available
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Getting Better Together Ltd
£84,586	01/11/2013	This project will help children from an area affected by territorialism and unemployment. It runs various leisure activities and personal development healthy eating and sports workshops so they will ....more This project will help children from an area affected by territorialism and unemployment. It runs various leisure activities and personal development healthy eating and sports workshops so they will be healthier happier and increase their aspirations.
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Inclusion Programme for Older People
£10,000	11/06/2013 12	The group will provide training and improve access to digital resources. The project will mainly benefit older people who have experienced a lack of IT skills and lack of accessibility due to cost ....more The group will provide training and improve access to digital resources. The project will mainly benefit older people who have experienced a lack of IT skills and lack of accessibility due to cost and knowledge.
National Lottery Community Fund - Green Fingers Gardening Project (Community Spaces)
£39,157	31/01/2012 24	This project will transform an unused area of ground into a garden to benefit the community of Shotts. It will include areas for growing produce, a sensory garden and raised beds that will allow ....more This project will transform an unused area of ground into a garden to benefit the community of Shotts. It will include areas for growing produce, a sensory garden and raised beds that will allow access to everyone. Local children's nurseries and schools will have their own plot in the garden. The garden will also provide produce for the local Healthy Living Centre. The grant will help meet project costs including salary costs, volunteer training, out-of-pocket expenses, equipment, tools and overhead costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting Better Together Ltd - Music Workshops
£10,000	03/03/2011 12	This company will organise and run a programme of music workshops for young people living in and around Shotts. The workshops will encompass a range of aspects involved in music production, as well ....more This company will organise and run a programme of music workshops for young people living in and around Shotts. The workshops will encompass a range of aspects involved in music production, as well as filming the process and creating a music video. The grant will fund workshop costs, DVD production, recording session and line management costs.

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Directors (6)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in Scotland on 14/05/2002, number: SC033111
• Registered at Companies House on 24/04/2007, number: SC322054

Filing Record

Main office

Shotts Healthy Living Centre, Kirk Road, Shotts, ML7 5ET

Objectives

The objects of Getting Better Together Ltd shall be to advance the education and promote health of the local community through new service provision, the increased co-ordination and integration of services and the creation of more accessible two way information flows between service providers and service users. In fbrtherance thereof, but not otherwise, Getting Better Together Ltd will seek to: Encourage the full and inclusive involvement of local people through the development of a community led management structure. Develop new services and activities to meet the specific needs and fill gaps in the existing service provision. Identify and promote opportunities to fbrther co-ordinate and integrate existing services line with local needs. Develop improved community information on health related services and Improve links to other services/issues that impact on health including, but not limited to, leisure, housing, employment and environment. To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of the people of Greater Shotts and North Lanarkshire to assist in the relief of ill health and the provision of health education for such residents. To promote training in skills of all kinds, particularly such skills as will assist residents of the Greater Shotts and North Lanarkshire in obtaining paid employment or will promote personal development To promote, establish, operate andlor support other similar schemes and initiatives of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within the Greater Shotts and North Lanarkshire.